Dow Today: International Business Machines (IBM) Leads The Day Higher, E.I. Du Pont De Nemours & Company (DD) Lags

The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) is trading up 13 points (+0.1%) at 12,893 as of Monday, Jul 2, 2012, 9:35 a.m. ET. During this time, 27.4 million shares of the 30 Dow components have changed hands vs. an average daily trading volume of 700.6 million. The NYSE advances/declines ratio sits at 1,758 issues advancing vs. 959 declining with 151 unchanged.

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The Dow component leading the way higher looks to be International Business Machines (NYSE:IBM), which is sporting a $1.18 gain (+0.6%) bringing the stock to $196.76. This single gain is lifting the Dow Jones Industrial Average by 8.93 points or roughly accounting for 68.7% of the Dow's overall gain. Volume for International Business Machines currently sits at 168,873 shares traded vs. an average daily trading volume of 4.1 million shares.

International Business Machines has a market cap of $220.78 billion and is part of the technology sector and computer hardware industry. Shares are up 6.4% year to date as of Friday's close. The stock's dividend yield sits at 1.8%.

International Business Machines Corporation provides information technology (IT) products and services worldwide. The company operates in five segments: Global Technology Services, Global Business Services, Software, Systems and Technology, and Global Financing. The company has a P/E ratio of 14.3, equal to the average computer hardware industry P/E ratio and below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7.

TheStreet Ratings rates International Business Machines as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, notable return on equity, solid stock price performance, growth in earnings per share and good cash flow from operations. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had generally poor debt management on most measures that we evaluated.

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Holding back the Dow today is E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (NYSE:DD), which is lagging the broader Dow index with a $1.06 decline (-2.1%) bringing the stock to $49.50. Volume for E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company currently sits at 424,118 shares traded vs. an average daily trading volume of 4.8 million shares.

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E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company has a market cap of $46.56 billion and is part of the basic materials sector and chemicals industry. Shares are up 10.5% year to date as of Friday's close. The stock's dividend yield sits at 3.5%.

E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company operates as a science and technology based company worldwide. Its Agriculture segment provides hybrid corn and soybean seeds, and grains under the Pioneer brand name; and herbicides, fungicides, and insecticides. The company has a P/E ratio of 13.3, equal to the average chemicals industry P/E ratio and below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7.

TheStreet Ratings rates E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, notable return on equity, expanding profit margins, increase in net income and growth in earnings per share. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had generally poor debt management on most measures that we evaluated.

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